The Maine Principals’ Association will allow wrestlers to continue conditioning workouts with coaches for the next two weeks, but there will be no competitions.
Steve Craig
Staff Writer
Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene and, more recently, the Portland Hearts of Pine men's professional soccer team. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office in Skowhegan at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he had a multi-year stint as the Portland Press Herald's freelance motorsports writer. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Press Herald. Steve was named the National Sports Media Association's 2022 Maine Sportswriter of the Year, 27 years after winning the award for New Hampshire.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Wednesday’s high school roundup: Mr. and Miss Maine Basketball semifinalists announced
The winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony on March 19.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine football gets OK for home games, but no fans allowed
The first of three games in Orono during the Black Bears’ spring season is scheduled for March 13.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine, Volleyball
Volleyball: Players, coaches happy to get back on the court for shortened, delayed season
After an abridged outdoor season in the fall, volleyball begins its new season of indoor practices and games.
Posted inSports, Swimming, Varsity Maine
Pandemic forces swim teams to compete in eerily quiet virtual meets
High school teams that are lucky enough to find a pool are engaging in a different form of competition, though some teams in southern Maine have yet to get into the water.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
High school basketball notebook: Deering girls refused to quit
The Rams kept improving and working during last season’s winless campaign – and that helped snap a 22-game skid earlier this week.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: York and Marshwood thankful for competitive chance
York wins a taut game against an old rival, 47-45, to improve to 3-0 on the season.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Varsity Maine Spotlight: Elias Thomas, Freeport
Thomas is the starting center on the Falcons basketball team, but might be best known within the school for his skills in the performing arts.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
High school wrestlers in Maine bitter about lost opportunities
The vast majority of states are offering interscholastic wrestling this winter, but Maine wrestlers cannot even scrimmage against teammates during practices because of pandemic safety precautions.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: ‘We need to make the most of what we’ve got’
Thornton Academy’s Payton Jones and other talented high school seniors in southern Maine are ready for their final season, one altered by the pandemic.